CARIBBEAN POKER
CONTENTS Caribbean Stud Poker 2 The gaming table 3 The Cards 4 The Game 5 The Progressive Jackpot 13 Payments 14 Jackpot payments 16 Combinations 18 General rules 24
CARIBBEAN STUD POKER 2 Caribbean Stud Poker is a game played with hands of five cards The gaming table 3 dealt face down. The player bets against the bank representing the Casino, and attempts to form a better combination. A deck of fifty-two playing cards is used, consisting of four suits (Hearts-Diamonds-Clubs-Spades), each made up of: an Ace, nine number cards from 2 to 10, a Jack, a Queen and a King. The cards are worth the number shown on them. The table is similar to the Black Jack table. The seven players sitting at the table have two squares drawn in front of them: ANTE and BET Caribbean Stud Poker
THE GAME 4 The Cards The game begins when the Dealer passes his hand along the 5 game line and invites the players to place their bets by saying: Messieurs faites vos jeux. To take part in the game each player must lay on ANTE a bet between the minimum and maximum limit indicated on the table, and if they wish, on the Jackpot too.
6 Having checked that all the stakes are in order, the Dealer Before picking up the cards, the players must wait for the Dealer 7 closes betting by declaring Rien ne va plus. Starting from left to finish dealing all the hands and turn over the last card. to right and using an automatic shuffler, he then deals five cards Then, having checked that everything is in order the Dealer face down to each player and five cards to himself. announces, Go Ahead. Having looked at their cards, the players may choose between three different options: fold, continue with the cards dealt or change one card. If they fold, they must play their cards face down on the BET square. The Dealer will then rake them in together with the stake placed on the ANTE square. Caribbean Stud Poker
8 If the player decides to continue (raise) they must lay on the BET square a bet of exactly twice the stake placed on the ANTE square and lay the cards face down on the left of the square and wait, without touching them, for the Dealer to turn up his cards. If, on the other hand, the player decides to change one of the cards they have received, they must place it face down in front of the optical reader used for the Jackpot stake and place on it a sum in chips equivalent to the stake placed on the ANTE square and lay the four remaining cards face down on the left of the square. Having received the card the player may no longer touch the card they have exchanged. 9 Caribbean Stud Poker
10 Having looked at their new hand the player can then decide whether to keep the hand or fold, following the procedures outlined previously. When all the players have played their hands the banker turns over and orders his cards. If the hand does not form an Ace and King or higher it does not qualify. At this point, starting from the right and without looking at the various players hands and no matter how the hands have been played, the Dealer pays out the same sum as the stakes left on the ANTE squares. 11 Caribbean Stud Poker
JACKPOT PROGRESSIVE 12 If the Dealer s hand does form an Ace and a King or higher, Players who bet on ANTE, have the right to participate in the 13 the banker qualifies to play. Starting from the right he Progressive Jackpot. To take part they must add a chip (bonus) therefore compares his hand to those of the various players worth the preset amount to the jackpot box that is fitted with and depending on the combinations he either rakes in the an optical reader (and marked with red and yellow circles in losing ANTE and BET stakes and pays out the winning ones the examples). To compete for the bonus, players must not (ANTE bets are paid 1 to 1, whereas BET wins depend on the change a card. The jackpot is won by one of the following payment table). hands: Flush, Full House, Four of a kind, Straight Flush or Royal Flush. Jackpots are won regardless of whether the bank qualifies to play or not and the stakes are specified in the table indicated on every table. The Jackpot, present in all Caribbean Stud Poker games, is increased by BONUSES (Side-Bets) played by customers, a display shows the total amount. When staking a BONUS players should check that the luminous indicator is ON. In any case, before the cards are raked in, players must always inform an unqualified banker of a progressive jackpot win. Players cannot stake the Jackpot only: Caribbean Stud Poker
Flush PAYMENTS WIN with the first 5 cards: 5 a 1 - WIN with a card change: 5 to 1 14 Royal Flush Straight 15 WIN with the first 5 cards: 100 to 1 - WIN with a card change: 60 to 1 WIN with the first 5 cards: 4 to 1 - WIN with a card change: 4 to 1 Straight Flush Three of a Kind WIN with the first 5 cards: 50 to 1 - WIN with a card change: 30 to 1 WIN with the first 5 cards: 3 to 1 - WIN with a card change: 3 to 1 Four of a Kind Two Pairs WIN with the first 5 cards: 20 to 1 - WIN with a card change 12 to 1 WIN with the first 5 cards: 2 to 1 - WIN with a card change: 2 to 1 Full House Pair WIN with the first 5 cards: 7 to 1 - WIN with a card change: 7 to 1 WIN with the first 5 cards: 1 to 1 - WIN with a card change: 1 to 1
JACKPOT PAYMENTS 16 Royal Flush Four of a Kind 17 WIN: 100% of Jackpot WIN: See payment table Straight Flush Full House WIN: 10% of Jackpot WIN: See payment table Flush WIN: See payment table
COMBINATIONS 18 BANKER PLAYER 19 WINS LOSES TIES TIES LOSES WINS
20 WINS BANKER LOSES PLAYER 21 PAYS ANTE WINS ANTE TIES TIES PAYS ANTE WINS ANTE
22 BANKER PLAYER 23 LOSES WINS TIES TIES WINS LOSES
GENERAL RULES 24 Caribbean Stud Poker has very strict rules that govern normal If the stake placed on the BET square is less than twice the 25 game procedures. Customers are therefore asked to read the stake placed on the ANTE square, an eventual win is based on main regulations. the actual sum staked. Every player can occupy one place at the table only, they must If the stake placed on the BET square is more than twice the always keep their cards clearly in view above the table and they stake placed on the ANTE square, an eventual win is based on must not exchange any information whatsoever regarding their the stake limit allowed, whereas if the player loses the hand, show their cards or look at other people s hands. difference is returned. If, having changed a card, a player accidentally picks up one A player with a Royal or Straight Flush must always declare it of the cards that has been thrown away (even if it is one of their as soon as they have looked at their cards. In this case all the own) the player cannot finish the game, their hand is declared games being played at the various tables are momentarily null and void and their stake is returned, including the BONUS suspended. If more than one player wins the Progressive if they have staked one. Jackpot with a Royal Flush hand at any of the various tables at the same time, the Jackpot will be divided in equal parts. If a customer places a bet on both the ANTE and the BET The same procedure applies to more than one player winning square, the stake is considered blind and therefore the the Progressive Jackpot with a Straight Flush hand. stake and the hand are accepted and considered valid. Unless the player changes their mind very quickly, the Players who change a card cannot try for the jackpot. Dealer moves onto the next box. If they then make a Four of a kind, Straight Flush or Royal Flush hand and the bank qualifies, they receive a reduced If the stake placed on the ANTE square is less than the payment according to the payment table. All the other minimum table limit, after the cards have been dealt, the combinations are paid the usual amount without taking into stake can only be raised if the player has not actually looked account the changed card. at the cards, otherwise the hand will be accepted as valid. Caribbean Stud Poker
26 If the banker s hand is the same as that of a player (for example Ace King, Pair, Three of a kind, Flush etc.) the value of the other cards will decide who is the winner (the highest card wins). A hand is declared null and void immediately in the following circumstances If the Dealer or one of the players has an incorrect 27 Suits are not taken into account and if the five cards have the number of cards in their hand. same value the hand is considered a tie. If, once the cards have been dealt the remaining cards in the Only those playing may sit at the table. shuffler get stuck, exit or are turned face up. The bank plays even against one customer only. If the Dealer turns a card face up by mistake when dealing. If, having dealt the cards, and before turning over the Once they have been placed in the used card basket or mixed bank card, the Dealer realises that he has skipped a box. with others, any cards that have been raked in or eliminated If he realises when the bank card has been turned over or by the Dealer, even by mistake, cannot be checked or returned after having qualified to play, the hand is valid. to the game. If, while dealing, the Dealer drops one or more cards on the The minimum and maximum stakes are indicated on the floor or into the chip tray. individual tables using appropriate signs. These limits are applied strictly and players may not exceed them, or use third parties to exceed them. Any excess wins made by surpassing If, having changed a card, the Dealer accidentally rakes in his own cards as well as the cards of the customers who have quit. the maximum limit will not be paid and the difference in the If a player picks up their cards before the Dealer has stake will be returned to the customer. finished dealing. Any dispute that may arise will be settled without right of appeal by the Gaming Management. If the Dealer accidentally deals a hand to a box that is not in the game. If however he realizes only after having turned over the bank card (and therefore the players have already seen their own cards) the hand is valid and should be played. In any case, the box that has no stake on it cannot enter the game. Caribbean Stud Poker